Senior Cloud Architect

Would you like to be part of our new adventure? Vodafone Group is launching its new technological HUB (MSH), an international center of excellence dedicated to research and development of technical solutions, such as Secure Networks, 5G and 6G development, Open RAN, IoT, MPN & MEC and UCC for Vodafone Business, platforms and enterprise solutions.

Come and join us to create the future together!

The Vodafone Business Products are evolving and transforming at a rapid pace. To continue Vodafone’s leadership position, and to drive the transformation further, Vodafone Group Technology has identified the need to establish and grow its strength in Digital Services.

The VBPS PPE function are building a Next Generation Assurance & Orchestration Platform to support our IoT, UC, Mobile Private Network and Fixed Connectivity Products.
As the Cloud Infrastructure Platform Architect you will work with the Vodafone Digital & IT, Business Transformation, local market Teams along with vendors and VF operations teams to create the PPE Platform Strategy and Architecture which will deliver:

• Simple, well architected, Cloud solutions
• Repeatable frameworks for Infrastructure as Code

You will also work with the Product Development and PPE Development teams to Design Solutions in line with the PPE Platform and Integration roadmap.
The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AWS and of the solutions and products available in AWS and how to architect and design on them. Although not explicitly hands on, this role requires someone who is comfortable being hands on, understands Terraform and knows their way around a git repo. 

This is a pivotal technical leadership role, working with vendors and internal Vodafone stakeholders to determine options and associated business benefits for our Next Generation Products.
You will have proven experience in complex technical delivery leadership and demonstrable experience of senior stakeholder engagement, effective at managing ambiguity and conflict resolution
To enable this, you must be adept at creating a culture for effective collaboration and be able to communicate complex issues, their business impact for all stakeholders to understand.

 

What you bring

• 5+ Years of experience in Cloud architecture, managing multicloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge, along with design and deployment experience of AWS Infrastructure
• Terraform
• CI/CD pipeline tools
• Cloud Computing and Infrastructure on AWS
• AWS Well architected principles
• Good knowledge of software Development processes, management, and lifecycle (CI/CD)

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate aboutInclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professionalbackground. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of thejob description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, andour recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

Together we can

At Vodafone, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We take pride in our commitment to providing equal opportunities to individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We firmly believe that diversity includes a spectrum of experiences, and we welcome and support individuals with functional diversity.

Our mission is to create an accessible workplace where all team members can thrive, regardless of their unique abilities or challenges. We are committed to making reasonable accommodations to ensure that everyone can fully participate and excel in our organization. We value the unique perspectives and talents that individuals with functional diversity bring to our team and consider them an integral part of our success and innovation.

We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status.

Benefits

• Hybrid working.
• Direct Contract with Vodafone VOIS.
• Ticket Restaurants.
• Intensive Summer Hours (8:00 am-3:00 pm).
• Social benefits.
• Flexible retribution plan.
• Training plan.
• 25 days of vacation + December 24 and 31.

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